Glenn Parker (judge)
Glenn Parker was an American jurist who served as a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from December 5, 1955, to January 6, 1975.
Born in Murray, Iowa, he grew up on a farm near Sheridan, Wyoming. He attended the University of Wyoming where he completed his undergraduate work and earned his law degree. Between the time he received his bachelor's degree and his return to law school, Parker taught school in Laramie and Casper. Serving in both World War I and World War II, he eventually achieved the rank of colonel.
Parker was admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in 1927 and practiced law in Laramie. In addition to his private practice, he served as city attorney for two years and county attorney for eight years. From 1949-1955, he served as a Wyoming state district court judge in the Second Judicial District. In 1955, Governor Milward Simpson appointed him to the Wyoming Supreme Court. He was the first graduate of the University of Wyoming Law School to become a state district judge and also the first to serve on the Wyoming Supreme Court. After his retirement in 1975, Parker was associated with the Cheyenne law firm of Hirst and Agglegate. He died on April 18, 1989.
During his legal career, Parker served as Wyoming chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and was a member of the American Judicature Society and the American Law Institute. He was also a special lecturer-instructor at the Wyoming Law School.
Parker and his wife Ruth had two children. After Ruth died in 1971, Parker married his second wife, Sarah.
